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Returning to their trademark fusion of pastoral English folk and guitar-and-organ-powered hard rock, Tull recaptured their Aqualung/Thick As a Brick glory with this 1975 classic, a #7 LP in the U.S. The title track; Cold Wind to Valhalla; Black Satin Dancer; Requiem; Grace, and the rest of the original LP return on the single-CD reissue here and also on limited-edition 180-gram vinyl. Adventure seekers will need the four-disc edition, whose expansion begins with seven bonus tracks (six unissued): One White Duck (take 5); Grace (take 2); BBC versions of Aqualung; Cold Wind to Valhalla, and more. The second CD: Locomotive Breath; Wind Up; Skating Away; Aqualung; Cross-Eyed Mary, and more live 1975 performances at Palais Des Sports in Paris. The 2 DVDs: flat transfers of the original Minstrel in the Gallery LP mix at 96/24; flat transfers of the LP’s original quad mix; the song Summerday Sands, and an eight-minute film of Tull doing Minstrel in the Gallery in Paris in ’75. Four-disc edition includes an 80-page booklet with extensive history, annotations, lyrics, tour itinerary and unseen photos! Rhino/Parlophone.